Main Street Capital MAIN
NYSE MAIN
$56.33 -0.33 (-0.58%)
As of: Sep 9, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

Main Street Capital (MAIN) Price to Earnings (2021 - 2026)

Main Street Capital (MAIN) posted Price to Earnings of 28.52 for Q2 2026, down 68.66% on a QoQ basis from 91.01 in Q1 2026, and down 12.6% year-over-year from 32.63 in Q2 2025.

Analysis

Main Street Capital (MAIN) Price to Earnings (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Main Street Capital has reported Price to Earnings for 6 years, with the latest figure at 28.52 in Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Price to Earnings fell 12.6% year-over-year to 28.52 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 14.13, a 13.76% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 22.72, down 11.8% from the prior year.
  • Price to Earnings was 28.52 for Q2 2026 at Main Street Capital, down from 91.01 in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Price to Earnings was 51237.63 in Q3 2022, with the low at 2538.73 in Q4 2022.
  • Average Price to Earnings over 5 years is 2618.22, with a median of 86.33 recorded in 2024.
  • The largest YoY upside for Price to Earnings was 18781.37% in 2022 against a maximum downside of 476.96% in 2022.
  • Over 5 years, Price to Earnings stood at 2538.73 in 2022, then soared by 132.27% to 819.31 in 2023, then sank by 89.36% to 87.15 in 2024, then grew by 0.01% to 87.16 in 2025, then tumbled by 67.27% to 28.52 in 2026.
  • The last three Price to Earnings figures came in at 28.52 (Q2 2026), 91.01 (Q1 2026), and 87.16 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Ares Capital 14.12 Bn 13.73 Bn -
2 Blackstone Secured Lending Fund 5.69 Bn 5.42 Bn -
3 Blue Owl Capital 5.52 Bn 5.28 Bn -
4 Main Street Capital 5.26 Bn 5.20 Bn -
5 Blue Owl Technology Finance 5.05 Bn 4.84 Bn -
6 Hercules Capital 4.64 Bn 4.59 Bn -
7 FS KKR Capital 3.37 Bn 3.27 Bn -
8 Golub Capital Bdc 3.34 Bn 3.30 Bn -
9 PennantPark Floating Rate Capital 2.48 Bn -129.09 Mn -
10 MidCap Financial Investment 2.07 Bn 2.03 Bn -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 28.52
Mar 31, 2026 91.01
Dec 31, 2025 87.16
Sep 30, 2025 99.81
Jun 30, 2025 32.63
Mar 31, 2025 85.51
Dec 31, 2024 87.15
Sep 30, 2024 104.10
Jun 30, 2024 92.84
Mar 31, 2024 965.99
Dec 31, 2023 819.31
Sep 30, 2023 -896.58
Jun 30, 2023 -651.70
Mar 31, 2023 -751.75
Dec 31, 2022 -2,538.73
Sep 30, 2022 51,237.63
Jun 30, 2022 -350.77
Mar 31, 2022 -1,414.24
Dec 31, 2021 -440.02
Sep 30, 2021 -274.27